European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Readers respond Germany the books new Advance distributors ire a disappointment they Lack a Large amount of inform we paid or Are paying Over or the it a still must run to the Library on Diane Carpenter 0 Germany i bought my let of encyclopedias in Augsburg some when around the Date february far a costal of Proiti Marelu the Talesman seemed Friendly but Pushy at the same for during our Dis Cussion about purchasing the books j excused myself ant went to the upon coming out the Salesman was waiting at the door for me and asking me had made up my mind to 4 David 0 Germany almost a year ago i was called on by a representative for the american Peoples encyclopedia Richards com Pany since i was in the Market for encyclopedias i guess i was a sitting he said the company was pre pared to give me the entire either or i could opt to Purchase 10 year please dont print my no sense in letting the whole world know now fool ish i Germany my attempts to Purchase a new set of encyclopaedia Britannica have not been Over the past several months 1 have spoken to Book salesmen adjacent to the main Post exchanges at Mona and a discussions i ill he salesmen Haw been to say the each Salesman quotes a different insists on package deals which include other books that 1 neither need nor in i cannot get straightforward answers to my Margaret Carlsson Germany in 1975 i finally bought a set of encyclopaedia Britan Cost for z4 i happened to be at an Sale at main Kastel and i saw this z4volume set published Only eight years earlier staring Back at i inquired and i was told they would Cost me 25 cents per the same As the other As for their value to i would say they Are Worth the Lor maybe As much As or but nothing Over two my family and i look for More current data and find that the readers guide and the periodical file at the local Library provides More up Odate so the encyclopedias Are Seldom Vincent Miller o saudi Arabia we ordered a set of world Book from cafes on we Dindl ree Niue the to offs Una the first part of february the Sel we received was a 1973 Sel which makes them four years old already by the time we received the books were purchased for my five Grade school they get very Little information because the printing is too few coloured pictures and illustrations and the print is hard to these Are a substandard set of Wagner Germany in my House the encyclopedia shelf is the one that never needs rarely Ever does a Day go by that one is not used when i ice Young buy encyclopedias on the Spur of the moment because everyone has one i feel sorry for encyclopedias should be used every for someone who rarely uses the Library should be just As Laura Pavao England we Loo were More or less stunned by the sales talk of the encyclopedia Britannica he was quite a salesperson and needless to say we fell for his we have been thoroughly disappointed with them the our children them quite complicated to use and when they do find the the information is quite there not exactly Nihat we were led to be Lloyd Kraushaar Rhei Maln Germany articles Are in alphabetical so there is no Index therefore no Cross reference american Educa their Selling Power is be extras the encyclopedias Are free we Are paying Only for the extras we Are compelled to these Cost Only Lucie Ledy 0 Germany i am most Happy with the Quality of the in Clos i would recommend the world Book to any potential encyclopedia especially if they have school age Douglas Morse Germany Ive been living in Heidelberg and Frankfurt As a Mili tary dependent wife for Over six years and i am always appalled that encyclopedia salespersons Are allowed in and about pcs to sell gis and families most often in needed sets of encyclopedias especially with close proximity of local Kay Llo Kanson 0 Rhein Moin Germany f always wanted to buy a but 1 want in a Rush to do but when i stopped to talk to the he Conom Cedone that the Best time was i bought the Britannica Pau Monahan re Einmann Germany Lancaster 0 we were Only in Germany Lor a month when this Man came to our door saying he wanted to speak to us As concerned we were very hearing Little Good about encyclopedia salesmen but we he said we would get 20 volumes of the american educator Lor the Only thing we had to to pay for All the other Richard Rice Page a8 the stars and stripes june 1977